Epithelioid trophoblastic tumor: Clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment
Epithelioid trophoblastic tumor (ETT) is a rare form of trophoblastic disease, which is characterized by high malignancy and a number of diagnostic features: a long interval between the last pregnancy and labor and the onset of the disease; a visual pattern at gynecological examination, relatively l...
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| Summary: | Epithelioid trophoblastic tumor (ETT) is a rare form of trophoblastic disease, which is characterized by high malignancy and a number of diagnostic features: a long interval between the last pregnancy and labor and the onset of the disease; a visual pattern at gynecological examination, relatively low β-chorionic gonadotropin (CG) levels, as well as the diffuse expression of cytokeratins-7 (+++) and -18 (+++), р63 (nuclear ++), E-cadherin (+++), EGFR (+), and CD-117(++) by tumor cells, as determined by immunohistochemical assay, and focal expression of CG (++) and PLAP (+) by these cells. |
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| Item Description: | 1994-4098 1999-8627 10.17650/1994-4098-2010-0-2-84-88 |